The Veteran's right knee disability has been rated at 20 percent since August 18, 2012. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating as there is no limitation of motion or instability severe enough to warrant an increased rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s right knee disability did not meet the criteria for any higher rating under applicable diagnostic codes due to lack of flexion and extension limitations, ankylosis, recurrent subluxation or lateral instability, impairment of tibia and fibula, or genu recurvatum. The highest rating available is 20 percent under Diagnostic Code 5258 for frequent episodes of joint locking and pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee meniscectomy with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18102589
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the issues of increased evaluations for low back strain and right knee disability, as well as the issue of TDIU prior to June 14, 2011. The case will be remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 30 percent since July 1, 2016. The left knee disability remains rated as 10 percent.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's right knee disability, characterized by lateral instability and degenerative joint disease, warrants a 30 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5257.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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